Exercise-induced QRS amplitude changes in patients with isolated myocardial bridging: A marker of myocardial ischemia

Angiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Turkmen, Muhsin ^a,b   Barutcu, Irfan ^a,b   Esen, Ali Metin ^a,b   Karakaya, Osman ^a,b   Esen, Ozlem ^a,b   Basaran, Yelda ^a,b  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Turkey)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIUM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM BRIDGING; QRS COMPLEX; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 18544377333     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970505600305     Document Type: Article

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